Optimizing stakes in simultaneous bets

Robbert Fokkink*, Ludolf Meester, Christos Pelekis

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Abstract

We want to find the convex combination S of iid Bernoulli random variables that maximizes P(S ≥ t) for a given threshold t. Endre Csóka conjectured that such an S is an average if t ≥ p, where p is the success probability of the Bernoulli random variables. We prove this conjecture for a range of p and t

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)153-165
Number of pages13
JournalAlea (Rio de Janeiro)
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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Keywords

  • bold play
  • intersecting family
  • small deviations
  • stochastic inequality

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